We packed a lot into our Memorial Day yesterday. The atmospheric condition was cloudy, but warm, in addition to thus nosotros did some operate inward the yard early on. It was high fourth dimension to flora the zucchini in addition to 1 of the sunflowers. It's the solely 1 that sprouted early earlier I mended my ways amongst them. Also, I scattered some "candy" for the slugs.
For this, nosotros got a smashing tool I saw on Instagram, of all places. Usually I avoid those ads, but this 1 caught my attention. It's a curt auger that fits on an electrical drill. It made excavation a skillful hole inward our clay-like soil slicker than hot snot on a doorknob. (Like that?)
And fifty-fifty though I starting fourth dimension saw it on Instagram, I bought it from Amazon, in addition to I tin recommend it if y'all convey problem excavation a skillful hole inward your ain soil.
With that finished, I took a footling walk merely about to come across what's going on elsewhere inward the garden. I noticed the starting fourth dimension cherry tomatoes coming on. They're merely itty-bitty now.
Still hoping for to a greater extent than from the dappled willow, but it looks pretty merely the agency it is.
The starting fourth dimension buds are appearing on the hydrangeas.
There are to a greater extent than chive blossoms, in addition to I flora 1 of those entranced bumble bees. He allow me pet his furry body.
Another lily is coming up. I forget what this 1 looks like. The leaves expression similar a calla lily, but I actually can't retrieve it. It was 1 Mike brought domicile from the grocery store.
The starting fourth dimension buds are appearing on the echinacea.
We convey an abundance of cattails.
Checking within the greenhouse, the cerise leafage lettuce is big plenty to start picking.
And the butter lettuce is making a stronger showing now.
There are lots of sunflowers coming along now. You tin also come across to a greater extent than poppies on the left of the paradigm below.
Their seeds are thus tiny, in addition to thus I merely flora what I tin pinch betwixt my fingers in addition to allow them struggle it out for infinite inward the pot.
Back outside, this is a bush nosotros telephone phone a "Burning Bush," or Euonymus alatus, if y'all must know it's snotty botanical name. In the autumn it turns brilliant red. In spring, it produces these tiny white flowers.
And y'all in all probability wanted to come across the poppy again, didn't you? Please tell yes.
Okay, thus plenty of that. Let's larn dorsum to our sewing, shall we? Yesterday, I sewed these sections together.
Now I convey all of these sections to run upward together. I'll start amongst the ones inward the lower right-hand corner in addition to run upward those to the ones above. Then I'll run upward that to the left side of the block. The remaining grayness strips on the far left are the sashings betwixt the horizontal rows of blocks.
Here's how the blocks volition expression when they're all sewn together. I'll hold out using a random distribution of fabrics, in addition to the blocks volition hold out rotated inward unlike directions when they're sewn into the quilt.
So, it's coming along. I believe I'll hold out able to complete it off yesteryear Friday, which is my #onethingwithAmy goal for the week.
By then, it was fourth dimension to caput to Erik in addition to Mae's house. They convey a beautiful tree inward their forepart yard inward total bloom correct now.
These are Mae's poppies from Ireland. One of hers is purple.
The others are all this brilliant orange. Hers are from the same seeds I brought dorsum from Ireland, but she was able to larn hers growing sooner than I was.
I went inward search of a motion-picture exhibit of the master Irish Gaelic garden where I bought these (seen below). They were a mix of colors when I saw them inward Adare, in addition to thus I await to larn to a greater extent than colors amidst my ain buds too.
Erik in addition to Mae convey done a lot of operate on their garden in addition to their yard, in addition to everything was looking thus nice. Here, they convey tomatoes in addition to peppers.
Below are herbs, unlike kinds of mint inward the foreground, in addition to to a greater extent than culinary herbs inward the background.
These are unlike kinds of berries in addition to flowers.
Erik knocked himself our smoking in addition to barbecuing 4 unlike chickens inward 4 unlike flavors. They were starting fourth dimension marinated, in addition to thus basted patch they cooked, in addition to thus smoked. There was 1 each of Teriyaki, Tandoori, Jerk, in addition to spicy BBQ sauce from the farmer's market.
Mike helped quarter them amongst kitchen sheers. That's Erik's friend Eric inward the background there.
When Mike was finished, nosotros had a whole lotta chicken to divide betwixt 10 people.
There were several unlike side salads in addition to breads, in addition to that was 1 tasty meal.
Making a rare appearance was Clementine the scaredy cat. She was rolling inward catnip when I caught her inward this image.
Clementine is adjacent on my listing of pawtraits. Hopefully, I'll larn to her at the terminate of June. I've had this paradigm below for a long time, but I intend the 1 inward a higher house volition hold out a meliorate 1 to use.
As expected, I finished upward the 5th of the barn stitcheries yesterday. This 1 is called "Hole inward the Barn Door."
Here are the v I convey thus far.
And that frees me upward to start working on Block two for Dancing Chickens in addition to Flying Pigs. I convey it hooped upward in addition to ready to go. I'm going to role some leftover metallic element gilded floss for the angel's halo, in addition to thus I decided to start there.
It's likewise presently to tell what the remainder of the 24-hour interval volition hold. I'm either going to larn later on some weeds inward the garden, or I'm going to larn grocery shopping. I'll allow the atmospheric condition assist me decide. It's cloudy, but dry. If there's no pelting inward the forecast, I intend the weeds volition larn their due. And in addition to thus I'll larn dorsum to my Republic of Guatemala quilt. By the way, Lyndsey (or somebody) suggested "Quiltemala" for the name. I variety of similar that. What attain y'all think?